Texas Chainsaw Prequel

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New Line prepping another installment.

By Brian Linder

New Line and Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes production company are prepping a prequel to their recent remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Variety adds that the studio bested Dimension Films in a bidding war for the project which wound up costing New Line an additional $3 million.

As the trade explains, Dimension had attempted to snag the rights by making a deal with original rights holders Tobe Hooper (director of the original film), Kim Henkel (co-writer of the original) and Robert Kuhn (a Texas-based attorney). All this was possible due to a loophole in the original remake deal which only granted licensing rights for a single film.

New Line has reportedly hired screenwriter Sheldon Turner (The Longest Yard) to write the script. The flick will be produced by Mike Fleiss, Andrew Form and Brad Fuller.

Turner, who recently completed a rewrite of Scott Kosar's script for the Amityville Horror remake. His idea for the Chainsaw prequel prompted Bay and company to move forward on the project.

The story, as Variety says, centers around "a group of sibling soldiers who cross paths with the chainsaw-wielding lead character."